Gordon Messmer wrote: > Jimmy Ott wrote: >> you are right, if the homedirectory attribute is also used for other >> things. but i just hosting email virtual users on my server, and they >> don't need the homedirectory attribute. so i thought to keep the ldap >> directory tighter and without any duplicate information. >> >> at the moment i use the homedirectory attribute exactly like you described. > > Well, do a quick basic cost/benefit analysis. > > First, what are the ongoing costs of your current practice? Is there > extra effort involved in filling in the homeDirectory attribute? Do you > have to regularly check for discrepancies between homeDirectory and the > mail address? Are there other operating problems caused by storing > homeDirectory? I'm inclined to believe that there aren't, and your > costs are roughly nil. > > Then consider the cost of the change. First, you're investing your time > researching the level of support for the change among all of the > software currently using your directory. Then there will be the effort > of retooling your management software, testing all of your applications, > and rolling out into production. > > And what's your benefit? You're going to save about 50 bytes per user > in your directory. The return on that investment seems exceedingly small. > >> correct me if i'm wrong, is my effort a step in the wrong direction? > > Not necessarily. Education is worthwhile, and you'll probably learn > more about LDAP from exercises like this one. However, unless that's > the point of the exercise, then you're probably wasting time that you > could have spent solving more interesting problems. >
you are right gordon. i've just thought about that because i knew this configuration from postfix ldap_table. as you said, there isn't a real benefit by changing configuration that way... and i won't bother you anymore with such questions :) thank you for all answers, and i'm still happy to have a running courier imap/pop server. cheers jimmy ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier. Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ courier-users mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/courier-users
